1) Kriesi release an update yesterday which makes it possible to change the query settings for the portfolio widget. You can download it @themeforest. Open up class-framework-widgets.php (located in broadscopeframeworkphp) and search for following code:

$this->avia_new_query = ''; //set a custom query here

You can insert any query parameters you like, i.e. orderby date or name. A sample query can look like: